"They can expect top quality," he said, "the best names in industry and savings of 40-60 percent. And they can expect good service and a liberal return policy."

Ottey began the business about eight years ago when, as a salesman for children's clothing makers, he started selling samples from the garage of his Buckingham Township home. Ottey also has stores in Doylestown, Levittown and Lebanon.

The chain had gross sales of $600,000 last year, and Ottey expects the amount to grow to $700,000 to $800,000 this year.

Like the other stores, the new 2,000-square-foot store will have a play area to keep children busy while their parents shop.

Ottey said he is opening the store in response to customers' requests and because the Route 309 business corridor is an outlet area. "We have a lot of customers from the Quakertown and Perkasie area who came down to the Doylestown store and asked why we didn't put a store up there," Ottey said. "Also, it is considered an outlet area."

Ottey, 52, said his stores are able to sell national brands at a discount because he buys samples in large quantities. He said the chain is modeled after a Lebanon store he served as a salesman. "I would sell my samples to the stores, which regularly sold samples and off-price merchandise," he said. "One store purchased a lot of samples from me, and it gave me the idea to try it in Doylestown."

Ottey said he began selling samples in the garage of his home and the sales attracted a growing number of loyal customers. Soon, it became apparent that he needed a store.

Six years ago, when he opened a 300-square-foot store in the Cross Keys Outlet Center, Doylestown Township, it was only a part-time hobby, Ottey said. About two years ago, he moved his outlet into the largest store in the center.

Meanwhile, he had purchased the Sample Store, Lebanon. At the time, the store was 30-35 years old, and Ottey is now seeing second- and third- generation customers who continue to patronize the store under Ottey's ownership.

"Levittown is just an extension of what we're trying to do," Ottey said of store No.3, which opened three years ago n the Windsor Shopping Center. "We saw a need for our type of store just as we saw a need in Quakertown."